pentimento
/ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntoʊ/
noun
- A visible trace of an earlier painting or drawing that has been painted over, showing that the artist changed their mind.
- Using X-ray technology, the museum identified a pentimento showing an earlier version of the landscape.
- The art restorer discovered a pentimento beneath the top layer of paint.
- In the portrait, a pentimento reveals that the artist originally painted the subject's hands in a different position.
- A sign or evidence of a change or revision in any creative work or plan.
- The author's early draft left a pentimento of deleted characters in the final novel.
- The architect's blueprints show a pentimento where a window was moved to a different wall.
- In the film, a pentimento of an alternate ending can be seen in the deleted scenes.